Well, yes. That's because being a Jew is an ethnic thing - in order to be a Jew, your mother must be a Jew. You can practice Judaism all you want, you won't be a Jew unless your mother is a Jew. If your mother is a Jew, you can practice whatever religion you want, and you're still a Jew.
It's a side effect of having an ethnicly restricted religion *and* the ethnic group involved having the same descriptor. Very bad design practice, that.
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Date: 2008-06-24 06:50 pm (UTC)It's a side effect of having an ethnicly restricted religion *and* the ethnic group involved having the same descriptor. Very bad design practice, that.